Public bug reported: Last Friday's updates (IIRC) resulted initially in the installation of libindicator6 which in return resulted in the removal of the ubuntu- desktop package. I have left it like this over the weekend hoping that an additional update would resolve this issue.
Currently I have opted to re-install ubuntu-desktop to at least have an operating desktop but this removed all the indicators in the top right corner of unity-2d (which I have because of the limitation of my graphics card). Installation of ubuntu-desktop gave the following result: $ sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop [sudo] password for rdrijsen: The following NEW packages will be installed: libindicator3{a} libunity-2d-private0{a} ubuntu-desktop unity-2d unity-2d-launcher{a} unity-2d-panel{a} unity-2d-places{a} unity-2d-spread{a} 0 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/571 kB of archives. After unpacking 2,363 kB will be used. The following packages have unmet dependencies: libindicator6: Breaks: libindicator3 (<= 0.3.90-0ubuntu1) but 0.3.22-0ubuntu2 is to be installed. The following actions will resolve these dependencies: Remove the following packages: 1) gir1.2-appindicator-0.1 2) indicator-application-gtk2 3) indicator-appmenu-gtk2 4) indicator-datetime-gtk2 5) indicator-me-gtk2 6) indicator-messages-gtk2 7) indicator-session-gtk2 8) indicator-sound-gtk2 9) indicator-weather 10) jockey-gtk 11) libappindicator0.1-cil 12) libappindicator1 13) libindicator6 14) python-appindicator 15) tomboy 16) transmission-gtk Leave the following dependencies unresolved: 17) ibus recommends python-appindicator 18) ubuntu-desktop recommends jockey-gtk 19) ubuntu-desktop recommends transmission-gtk 20) unity-2d-panel recommends indicator-application-gtk2 21) unity-2d-panel recommends indicator-appmenu-gtk2 22) unity-2d-panel recommends indicator-datetime-gtk2 23) unity-2d-panel recommends indicator-me-gtk2 24) unity-2d-panel recommends indicator-messages-gtk2 25) unity-2d-panel recommends indicator-session-gtk2 26) unity-2d-panel recommends indicator-sound-gtk2 Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] Y The following NEW packages will be installed: libindicator3{a} libunity-2d-private0{a} ubuntu-desktop unity-2d unity-2d-launcher{a} unity-2d-panel{a} unity-2d-places{a} unity-2d-spread{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: couchdb-bin{u} desktopcouch{u} gir1.2-appindicator-0.1{a} indicator-application-gtk2{a} indicator-appmenu-gtk2{a} indicator-datetime-gtk2{a} indicator-me-gtk2{a} indicator-messages-gtk2{a} indicator-session-gtk2{a} indicator-sound-gtk2{a} indicator-weather{a} jockey-gtk{a} libappindicator0.1-cil{a} libappindicator1{a} libindicator6{a} libmozjs185-1.0{u} python-appindicator{a} python-desktopcouch-application{u} python-desktopcouch-records{u} python-pywapi{u} tomboy{a} transmission-gtk{a} 0 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 22 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/571 kB of archives. After unpacking 10.2 MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] As indicated I continued which resulted in a desktop looking like show in the attachment. The release I am running is: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu oneiric (development branch) Release: 11.10 The package libindicator6 that I am talking about is the following (it is no longer installed at the moment) $ aptitude show libindicator6 Package: libindicator6 New: yes State: not installed Version: 0.3.90-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: libs Maintainer: Ubuntu Core Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Uncompressed Size: 127 k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.26.0), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.18) Breaks: libindicator1 (<= 0.3.90-0ubuntu1), libindicator2 (<= 0.3.90-0ubuntu1), libindicator3 (<= 0.3.90-0ubuntu1) Description: panel indicator applet - shared library This library contains information to build indicators to go into the indicator applet. This package contains the library itself. Homepage: https://launchpad.net/libindicator If more information is required please let me know ** Affects: libindicator (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/808508 Title: [oneiric] libindicator6 breaks libindicator3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libindicator/+bug/808508/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs